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From out of absolutely nowhere in 1980, Waterloo CHYM'ra regrouped their entire fastball operation on-field for 1981, and not only brought to Waterloo an lnter-City pennant and league championship, but also beeliminated. marbles? Waterloo Reivers senior basket- cord a DISAPPOINTMEN'I‘S: CHYM'rs, in a land- ball teams keep plug- year Most obvious, WLl"s slide. ging away, playing Glenn! football team in a hu- BEST INDIVIDUAL high calibre basketball 1981. miliating defeat at EFFORT: for the love of the NICE( Western in playoff ac- WCI Viking running sport. Both also copped Abou tion. Too bad a few back Chuck Wust. in a championships too in among dedicated and loyal losing effort yet, 1981, Titans the Senior Blueva performers were against Eastwood Band ReiverstheSen- whose dragged down by an Rebels earlier this Call. ior A. low-ke Most obvious, WLl"s football team in a hu- miliating defeat at Western in playoff ac- tion. Too bad a few dedicated and loyal performers were dragged down by an indifferent majority. 19808) Waterloo Sis- kins. who pooked out after a strong begin- ning. Waterloo Opti- mist midgets, failing to make the I-C playoffs, then playing sound ball in the DEA tourna- ment. COMEBACK OF THE YEAR: Anyone else come from sixth place last year to grab all the ADULT CONTEMPORARY DAYTIME ROCK IN EVENING WCI Viking running back Chuck Wust, in a losing effort yet, against Eastwood Rebels earlier this Call. All the good qualities. leadership, second " fort, drive, and irtspira- tion were present, as were 162 yards on the stats sheet. Took an exceptional athlete to nudge Chuck out as Waterloo County MVP off efforts like these. HANG m THERE: Despite lack of rec ognition within com- munity. both K-W Mr. Stereo Titans and K-W OPTIMISTK‘ COACH: Bluevale basketball coach Tom Rajnovich admits when his club has a stinker, but even in defeat he invariably finds some good things to say about his charges. Sound Philos- ophy. BIGGEST UNDER- STATEMENT: "I don't want to peak too early, but we'll be looking to turn our re- CONGRATULATIONS T0 . WATERLOO CHRONICLE CHYMis TEAM OF THE YEAR 1981 TEAM OF THE YEAR on their selection About a 12-way tie among the coaches at Bluevale collegiate, whose dedicated but low-key approach to athletics extends to friendly and coopera- tive liaisons with local media. A fine bunch all-round. WORST ATHLETE: Chronicle manager Bill Karges running the basepaths in a charity softball game against Argo Sunshine Girls in September. HAPPIEST ATH- LETE: cord around from last year for sure." - Glenn Moeser, April 29, 1981. NICE GUY AWARD: Chronicle manager tremendous recognition as hosts of the 1981 OASA Senior Elimination championship tournament. Clear winners all the way. _ Bill Karges getting the chance to run the base- paths in the charity game against Argo Sunshine Girls in Sep- tember. BIGGEST BLUNDER: CKCO Television in their film clip of Media Mob-Argo Sunshine Girl charity game in September, leading off by featuring RICK CAMPBELL’s legs on a groundnut to first. STEPHEN LEACOCK HUMOR: The pitcher winds, up, fires the ball to the plate, the batter fouls it off, and it hits the catcher square in the ...hmmmm. Reported- ly with spontaneity WATERLOO CHRONICLE. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 30. tttttt r- PAGE " rarely seen in these parts, CHYM'r'second baseman Barry Mus- selman yells from the bench in a spring tour- nament down south: 'Hey catch, why don't you quit ball and go into real estate - you‘ve got two acres already!" CLOWN OF TH.E YEAR: Waterloo Tiger field- er Tom Valcke. after a monsoon postponed a game against Windsor, running the basepaths in ankle-deep water at Bechtel Park, and doing a headfirst slide at each station. FAN OF THE YEAR: bchatrium Despite a valiant MODERN COUNTRY MUSIC 24 HOURS DAILY late-season rush by last year's winner Wayne Seip, the award this time around has to go to Pat Murphy. I'm" usually referred to as a freak for the number of contests 1 take in over the course of the year, and yet I can't think of more than a handful that I attended that I didn't see Pat. He fin- ished the year with a flourish by' attending nearly every game of the Miracle Junior B tourney at the Aud to put the icing on the cake. Greg Walton failed to qualify since he is now involved with management of Tigers and Siskius.